By Dwight Brown NNPA Wire Service Film Critic Finally, a filmmaker unearths one of the biggest secrets in American history: slave revolts. It’s a lesson rarely mentioned in history books, though it’s common knowledge to anyone who has taken a Black History course. Kudos to actor-turned-director Nate Parker for shepherding this ambitious project from the […]
Henderson Tours Guides Travelers Back to Their African Roots
By Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service Gaynelle Henderson is the second-generation owner of Henderson Tours, a trailblazer among African-Americans in the travel industry. Her late parents, Jacob and Freddye Henderson, were visionaries who founded the agency in Atlanta in 1955. Rosa Parks was arrested that year for refusing to move to the back of […]
Black Restaurant Week in Madison
A New Campaign Aimed at Bringing More Visibility to Black-owned Food Services that Exist in Madison Designated for August 14-21, the week will spotlight six brick and mortar restaurants as well as five catering services, three food carts and a farmer’s market. The event is sponsored by the Madison Black Chamber of Commerce that seeks […]
Afrobeat Star Femi Kuti to Perform in Madison, First Time in 5 Years
Special Guests Fringe Character and DJ Phil Money Join Kuti this Saturday Article courtesy of Rock Paper Scissors, Inc. Once they bombed them; now they are building museums to honor them. Tapped as Afrobeat founding father Fela Kuti’s chosen successor, Femi Kuti has fought for his own voice and for his family’s freedom. On a […]
Film Review: Keanu
by Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic They’re 50 percent Black, 50 percent White. 100 percent Nerd. Go figure. Left to their own devices and dull lives, not a lot of excitement comes their way. Until that fateful day when a lost and forlorn kitty shows up at the door. Then all hell breaks […]
Ntozake Shange and Toni Cade Bambara: Pioneers of Black Feminist Cultural Production
Women’s History Profiles By Brianna Rae Ntozake Shange Best known for her award-winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, Ntozake Shange is a Black feminist playwright, poet, and novelist. Born Paulette L. Williams on October 18, 1948, Shange was born in Trenton, New Jersey into a family […]
New Online Zine Brown Girl Lifted a Place for Intersectional Feminist Voices
By Brianna Rae “Brown girl seeks solidarity in a digital world,” reads the first post on Brown Girl Lifted, a new blog that seeks to be “a celebration of the layered movement that is intersectional feminism — the delicious cake of solidarity that feeds us all.” The blog’s founder, Aarushi Agni, is a recent UW-Madison […]
Women’s History Profiles: Influential Women Artists
by Brianna Rae Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold, world-famous painter, writer, sculptor, and performance artist, was born Faith Willi Jones on October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City. Her mother a fashion designer and her father a great storyteller, Ringgold was surrounded by the arts from an early age. She was also born into the […]
Yoni Ki Baat Showcases Voices & Performances of Women of Color
Event takes places Thursday, March 31 – Saturday, April 2 by Brianna Rae Originally started in the Bay Area in 2003 by an organization called the South Asian Sisters, Yoni Ki Baat (‘Talk of the Vagina,’ roughly translated from Hindi) started on the UW-Madison campus a couple of years ago by Madison’s own South Asian […]
Hazel Scott and Abbey Lincoln, Pioneers in Jazz, Entertainment, & Racial Justice
Women’s History Month Kick-Off by Brianna Rae Beginning as International Women’s Day in 1911 and eventually becoming Women’s History Week by 1982, the designation of March as Women’s History Month became nationally recognized in 1987. Since then, it has continued its legacy of bringing the focus on women’s immense contributions to culture and society from […]
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